Ripple nr. Dover

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 05983RIP
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: 1663
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th century(mid), Restoration / Stuart
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Mary the Virgin
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Address: Church Lane, Ripple, Kent, CT14 8JL
Site Location: Kent, South East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located 10 km N of Dover, just E of the A258
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Canterbury
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the 12thC (?) church here)
Font Notes:
No entry for this Ripple found in the Domesday survey. A font here is described in Glynne (1877): "The font ugly and poor, with the date 1663, has a small octagonal bowl on round shaft." Listed in Cox & Harvey (1907) as a Restoration baptismal font dated 1663. Listed in Tyrrell-Green (19281) as one in a very large group of baptismal fonts that are plain octagonal with straightsided basins. Noted in Newman (1976): "Font. Plain octagonal bowl turning to round, dated 1663." [NB: Glynne (ibid.) notes the Norman fabric of this church but we have no information on its earlier font(s)].

COORDINATES

UTM: 31U 385643 5673639
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 51.202695, 1.363083
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 51° 12′ 9.7″ N, 1° 21′ 47.1″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Language: numbers
Inscription Text: "1663"

REFERENCES

  • Cox, John Charles, English Church Furniture, New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1907, p. 174
  • Glynne, Steven Richard, Sir, Notes on the churches of Kent, London: John Murray, 1877, p. 119
  • Newman, John, North East and East Kent, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1976, p. 430
  • Tyrrell-Green, E., Baptismal Fonts Classified and Illustrated, London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge: The Macmillan Co., 1928, p. 31